2,200-strong HKU Marathon Team – Winning again!

Extracted from the Convocation Newsletter, Issue 2, May 2009 pages 26- 27

HKU Marathon Team Breakfast Reunion with Vice-Chancellor at the University Lodge (May 31, 2009)

On May 31, around a hundred HKU Marathon Team members joined the reunion breakfast with Vice-Chancellor, Professor Lap-Chee Tsui. At the reunion, the Vice-Chancellor introduced the Lodge, which was constructed in the Art Deco Style by the architects Messrs Chau & Lee in 1949, and also the large naval gun uncovered during the construction of the Lodge.

Six lucky members each received a HK$1,000 footwear coupon from New Balance.

2,200-strong HKU Marathon Team - winning again!

Message from HKU Marathon Team 2009

A total of 2,200 alumni, students, staff and their families and friends ran under the HKU banner this year. Again we garnered trophies and prizes:

Rachel SPROSTON (PGDE 2006), the 1st runner-up in Half Marathon Challenge – Master 1 (Women)
Pauline TSE (MSc(ECom&IComp) 2002), the 1st runner-up in Full Marathon – Master 2 (Women)
The most senior runner: Hung Piu KWONG (PCEd 1993; MEd 1997; MEd 2000); 71 years old; 10km
The youngest runners: Ching Wai PANG and Wai Ying Katherine WONG; both 11 years old; 10km
Pro-Vice-Chancellor Professor Shew-Ping Chow represented HKU in the Leaders Cup
Vice-Chancellor Lap-Chee TSUI was taking pictures with runners at the HKU booth for 4 hours
HKU Marathon Team has for the 4th consecutive year won the TOP ONE PRIZE of the Most Supportive Group Award, being the largest participating team!
Rachel Sproston & Vice-Chancellor Professor Lap-Chee Tsui	Pauline Tse	Pro-Vice-Chancellor Professor Shew-Ping Chow

A big THANK YOU to the Support Team of over 120 students, alumni and staff! Thanks in particular to the special service of professional after-exercise therapy, provided by the Registered Chinese Medicine Practitioners from the HKU Bachelor of Chinese Medicine (Full-time) Alumni Association. You may have seen them on TV News the last two days!

Share the fun and joy with pictures of the Day www.marathon.hku.hk

An alumnus also put up a video on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXtQkrPn4I4

See you next year!

Organising Committee
HKU Marathon Team 2009

My dream came true

Hi Everybody,all of you, my dream came true…

As the Marathon Day of February 8 draws near, I want to take this opportunity to sincerely express my thanks to all of you who will be supporting the HKU Sports Fund.

My dream of competing at the Olympics came true last year when I swam in the women’s 50-metre freestyle event in Beijing. I only achieved this dream because I was fortunate enough to be a beneficiary of the HKU Sports Fund.  Financial assistance was important to me so that I could focus on my training as well as my studies.  It was with your support that I proudly represented Hong Kong at the Beijing Olympics last year and I thank you from the bottom of my heart.

We need supporters like you.  Please make your donation of HK$100 or more to the HKU Sports Fund so that future athletes at the University can follow in my footsteps and pursue their dreams in the sporting arena.

Thank you in advance,

Elaine Chan Yu-ning
BEcon&Fin Year 2

We won the Top Prize! HKU Marathon Team has won the TOP ONE PRIZE of the Most Supportive Group Award of the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon for the fourth consecutive year! Thanks to all of you who joined the Team.